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dispersometer

dispersometer noun: a device that measures optical dispersion.

Noun

dispersometer (plural dispersometers)

  1. A device that measures optical dispersion.
    • We describe a simple experimental method for determining the broadening efficiencies, mᵢ, of nonresonant foreign gas using a microwave dispersometer (differential refractometer).⁹ The measurements are made in two steps.1969 January 15, Hans J. Liebe, Thomas A. Dillon, “Accurate Foreign‐Gas‐Broadening Parameters of the 22‐GHz H₂O Line from Refraction Spectroscopy”, in The Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 50...

Forms of dispersometer

pluraldispersometers

Origin of dispersometer

From disperse + -o- + -meter.

Questions about dispersometer

What does dispersometer mean?
Dispersometer means a device that measures optical dispersion.
What part of speech is dispersometer?
Dispersometer is a noun.
What is the plural of dispersometer?
The plural of dispersometer is dispersometers.

Words near dispersometer in the dictionary

  1. dispersivity
  2. dispersoid
  3. dispersoidological
  4. dispersoidology
  5. dispersoids
  6. dispersometer
  7. dispersometers
  8. dispersonalization
  9. dispersonalizations
  10. dispersonalize
  11. dispersonalized

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